ramblings of a wandering nerdan aimless amble on a winding road

Well after much contemplation and.. well procrastination, the renovations have returned to top gear. And since there is no holiday on the horizon, I’ve decided to use the blog as a renovation journal. If nothing else, the next time I renovate I’ll be able to come back here and work out what to do better.

While some progress was made last year, with the attic going in and the house being re-plastered, there is a new sense of urgency. The plans for the full-blown renovation are being finalised by the architect, a real estate agent was in last week to make sure we weren’t over-capitalising (we’re not) and we’ve spent the best part of the last four weeks finalising the bathroom colours and fitouts.

The most progress was made yesterday when we found the basin, toilet AND feature tile all within the space of about 2 hours. And I think what got us over the line was the people we spoke to yesterday were all exceptionally helpful. Some weekends you can spend 8 hours talking to idiots and other weekends you can spend 20 minutes talking to great people. Yesterday was the latter. Which was great timing because we’ve been incredibly frustrated and concerned with lack of momentum.

The timber order is going in this week for both the new wall in the Bathroom and the shed plus flooring, colorbond (for the shed roof) and doors. With a long weekend next weekend I’m hoping to get the bulk of the shed built. And once the shed is done, the bathroom can commence.

Hopefully by the time the bathroom is finished, we would have submitted the plans to council for the extension and we can almost start that immediately.

Stay tuned for photos.